http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/IconTower.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/MetroGuy03/IconTowerrooftop.jpg

29 stories tower with 224 units. Breaking ground date: Early 2008.

More information of Icon Tower: http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2007/05/icon-tower-info

I want that lot filled, pronto.

those were the same renderings i saw at uw!

Here's some info on Icon
http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2007/05/icon-tower-info

ohhh a lit halo at the top! sweet

Here's some info on Icon
http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2007/05/icon-tower-info

Thank you very much! :cheers: I just updated it.

construction is "scheduled" to start in May 2008 and be completed by November 2010.....

And 8th & Seneca is scheduled for March 2008.

is this project still alive? Any news about it?

is this project still alive? Any news about it?

The latest DPD Information Bulletin has been released today and it appears that the Icon Tower is continuing through the permitting process.

http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/LUIB/MapProject3008570.jpg
"Land Use Application to allow a 32 story building with 283 residential units above 4,103 sq. ft. of retail on ground floor. Twelve floors of below grade parking (automated parking system) for 314 vehicles will be provided. Supersedes previously approved Project #3003699."

I'd like to see this one get buit. :)

^Nice!

FWIW, there is a new Notice of Proposed Land Use sign up on the site.
For months the old sign was laying on the ground, being propped up by a couple of oil barrels and getting warped in the rain.

I'm naive. Can someone explain how the automated parking system would work. I almost crapped my pants when I saw 12 levels of parking. Then I saw the automated part.

I'm naive. Can someone explain how the automated parking system would work. I almost crapped my pants when I saw 12 levels of parking. Then I saw the automated part.

http://www.automotionparking.com/video.php

Mhays, what is the project at 8th and Seneca?

http://www.automotionparking.com/video.php
Thanks for the info, but OMG!! This looks so complicated. And what if there is a line up for everyone to get their car? Not to mention if there is equipment malfunction or breakdown.

Appears they can fit many more cars in a much smaller area though. Articles say it takes 2 1/2 minutes to get your car from a garage of 67 vehicles. Icon's lot will be 5 times that size. It just sounds like a nightmare to me.

Mhays, what is the project at 8th and Seneca?

Images courtesy of Dancer
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/Dancer-2/aramisA.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/Dancer-2/SenecaTower.jpg

Here's a the thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=455117).

I love this proposal. I hope it gets built!

This is a much better rendering
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/Dancer-2/2002042703158468338_rs.jpg

When is Icon supposed to begin construction or digging?

Thanks for the info, but OMG!! This looks so complicated. And what if there is a line up for everyone to get their car? Not to mention if there is equipment malfunction or breakdown.

Appears they can fit many more cars in a much smaller area though. Articles say it takes 2 1/2 minutes to get your car from a garage of 67 vehicles. Icon's lot will be 5 times that size. It just sounds like a nightmare to me.

These Automated parking garages are very common in asia. They work great for a building with a small population, if there is one lift. If the building was larger they would have multiple lifts.

I'm intrigued! Hope it works for the residents sake.

I finally saw a sign has been put up for the Icon Tower this past week.

That is the same set up they have for the European Tower in Bellevue........if the project goes through

i think about this tower once a week or so. i want it to happen more than any other, i think. looooove triangle lots, triangular buildings.

Will Icon Tower break the ground later this year or on hold?

it depends on the condition of the housing market....

^^ Hope it will improve. I really want to see this awesome tower to get built!

Per the DJC today, it looks like this building -along with 8th & Seneca - will be switching to apartments. Hopefully this means they'll break ground sooner than later.

I have been really looking forward to this one, Maybe you are right and they will start soon.

Per the DJC today, it looks like this building -along with 8th & Seneca - will be switching to apartments. Hopefully this means they'll break ground sooner than later.

it's still a fuction of financing......they have missed the market on class A in city apartments.....they will have a tough time securing money for this as well....they were down in SF pitching this deal not too long ago looking for $$$......lenders up here are tapped out.......it sounds like they want to build, stabilize, and convert...not exactly an easy path to walk down...either that or continue to hold the land and bleed from carrying costs (which are very high).....I'm staying tuned in on these two developments.....

When is Icon supposed to begin construction or digging?

Sign's been there a while (saw it just today). I guess automated garages are out of fashion with the mortgage crisis.

As we're talking about this one. Th epics haven't really changed, or the plans I assume. This is the one that was beng designed with the auto car parking system. It's such a small parcel, there would be little option if the parking were to remain on site.

I thought this project is dead? Last time I heard that land were on sale but didn't know if it got sold yet.

I thought this project is dead? Last time I heard that land were on sale but didn't know if it got sold yet.
LCIII says there was mention of starting this project after they start 8th/Seneca (noted in that thread). I didn't read anything myself on it so I'm not certain of the reference.

DJC article about 8th and Seneca.

Pretty exciting!

Exact quote:

"The company has another site in downtown Seattle at Sixth and Wall where it's planning a residential high-rise. Weber Thompson is the architect of record on that project. Menzies said his company is focusing on starting construction of the Seneca project before resuming work at Sixth and Wall."

Hmmm. "resuming work?" I wonder work has been done in the last 4 years.

It's better than a flat out statement saying it's dead or that they've moved on.

Not holding my breath for anything to happen soon, but I've always really liked the design of Icon Tower, and I think it would add a lot to what is a quickly densifying part of downtown.

Well according to the owners/developers as per that quote there aren't any plans for 'soon' at all. It's second fiddle to their other project. It's just exciting that he didn't say they moved on.

Yup I read the quote and understand it, thanks. I've been here long enough to see when that proposal was twice the building Icon tower currently is proposed as. It's been a long time coming.

I didn't mean to explain the quote so much as say why I find it promising/exciting.

Any links to what you reference as the original proposal?

Hey LCIII - here's a link I found, there is the older original render to the right of the newer one. Not sure which I like more - the original building was a bit taller. Maybe not 'twice the building', but you know....

http://www.emporis.com/building/icon-tower-seattle-wa-usa

Thank you! I hadn't seen that one.

Well perhaps since he went back to the drawing board literally and had 8th and Seneca designed taller maybe he'll do the same here!